low on the totem pole

英语

词源

派生自totem pole，印第安人所做的图腾柱，这种柱子从下到上常刻有几个图案。上下顺序曾被非印第安人误认为是按地位的高低排列的。

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形容词

low on the totem pole

1. (常冒犯，俗語) 低级的，较低贱的，地位较低的
   • 1965, 7th of April, Washington Observer, King Defends Alabama Boycott, Answers Critics

     Gaston said, however, that the boycott would not substantially affect Negroes because they are "so low on the totem pole."

反义词

• high on the totem pole